[364] But in Laws (1848), 94, 95, the following case of legislative interference may be found: "The right is hereby given to Ludwig Brunileu to apply to the supreme court of this state, in equity, for a divorce from his wife Bertha, ... with the same effect and on the same footing in every respect, as if they had been married in this state, and the offence or offences complained of had been committed in this state, and within five years prior to the time of such application."
[365] Thompson, Laws of the Commonwealth of Pa. (1804-6), VII, 73-75.
[366] Thompson, op. cit., 326-28.
[367] See, for example, Acts (1808), 138, 140, 146 (for cruelty, force at marriage, etc.); ibid. (1810), 82, 89, 194 (insanity before and after marriage, imprisonment for crime, abuse, and abandonment); ibid. (1811-12), 28, 34, 143, 195, 198, 228, 231, 237; ibid. (1820-21), 3, 29, 35, 48, 139.
[368] Rev. Stat. of Del. (1852), 78.
[369] Ibid. (1874), 150; ibid. (1893), 242.
[370] Laws (1887), 528-40; ibid. (1889), 1046-64; ibid. (1895), 300-308.
[371] Laws (1893), 617.
[372] Const. of the State of Del. (1897), Art. II, sec. 18, p. 141.
[373] Act of March 30, 1787: Laws of the State of N. Y. (1789), II, 133, 134; and ibid. (1792), I, 428, 429.